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segments of abdomen edged white, this colour laterally fused to a streak, forelegs 

 black above, white beneath, other legs black, densely scaled huffish white, exccjjt 

 upperside of femora. 



cJ. Wi/iffs abocc purplish black, base of hindwing more sepia colour, base of 



forewing occasionally faintly chocolate. Forowing : elongate, median bars often 



vestigial in side-light, cell occasionally with one or two ochraceous buff dots at the 

 distal and jiroximal edge respectively of the large cell-bar 4, corresjionding to the 

 anterior portions of the apical and subapical interspaces of the cell below; a band of 

 discal interstitial spots from SC^ to internal margin, pale ochraceous or butF, the band 

 widely interrupted at R-, the two upper spots being more distal than the other 

 jiatches which stand in a straight row, last three patches up to M- continuous (veiu 

 SM-, however, thinly black), 4 to 7 mm. broad before SM-, jiatch M' — M- narrower, 

 somewhat halfmoon-shaped, more distal, patch R^— M' again narrower, halfmoon- 

 shaped, again more distal, spot R- — R' much smaller, elongate, just in front of 

 l)atch R' — ]\'P, 4 to 6 mm. from cell, spots SC^ — R- smaller, nearly square, the 

 upper of the two somewhat oblique, the second slightly concave proximally and 

 often also concave distally ; this baud of patches is followed by a postdiscal series 

 of six interstitial spots of the same colour, the series slightly curved, upijermost 

 spot the largest, subrotundate, or proximally concave, G or 7 mm. from outer margin, 

 about 3 mm. wide, the others gradually approaching discal patches, spot R^ — M' 

 often, spot M^ — M^ always touching discal patches at veins M' and M- respectively, 

 halfmoon-shaped, sometimes these last two spots fused with the discal patches at 

 both ends, thus entirely isolating the respective black jjostdiscal spots ; fringe thinly, 

 white between veins ; marginal iuternervular spots, if present, minute, creamy 



white. Hindwing : median bars C — R' seldom separated from the black basal 



area by some creamy buff scaling ; a triangular ochraceous buff or pale buff band, 

 nearly white at costal margin, seldom reaching M-, often much shortened, 6 to 8 mm. 

 broad at SC-, externally sinuate at SC- and R' in many specimens, the outer edge of 

 liand at R' very little distal of, or just at base of M' ; apex of cell often shaded with 

 creamy buff; four or five blue submargiual dots, the last two fused, with white 

 centres ; a series of admarginal interstitial spots, upper one or two ochraceous, the 

 following more or less pale blue, often creamy at veins, last one or two greenish 

 olive buff, spot C — SC- generally triangular, the others transverse, mostly produced 

 distad at veins, narrowed or interrupted at iuternervular folds, spot SC- — M- thinner 

 between veins than the black marginal line ; fringe conspicuously white between 



veins. Underside: basal area chestnut or black, with intergradations, black bars 



very heavy, nearly the same in position as in Cli. pelias, jason, epijasitis %nAliansali, 



white borders of bars heavy. Forewing: cell-bar 3 ovate ; bar D widened in 



front ; submedian and median bars M' — SC- close together, mostly fused or joined 

 together, median bar R= — R' separated from bar D by the white border line, 

 median bars SC* — R^ fused to a broad band which is narrowest costally ; black 

 discal spots SC — M- ])laced as in the allied species, ui)per two much larger than 

 tlie others, discal interspaces creamy white, interspace SC^ — R' generally with 

 an ochraceous spot ; jjostdiscal interstitial band yellow ochraceous or buff, posterior 

 patches transverse, often luniform, upper ones more rounded, touching the black 

 discal spots or being separated from them by white scaling ; black jiostdiscal 

 jiatches heavy, rounded distally, patches M- — SM- not separated or incised at 

 (SM'), but faintly emarginate distally, as is patch M' — M^ iu many specimens, 

 the patches bordered distally, seldom also proximally (the last ones always 



